Example sentences of "lot [prep] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Now I think it says a lot for teachers as a profession that I think many of them are in fact prepared to have a go at this .
2 I have used this quite a lot for cardigans for an elderly lady , who was a bit of a traditionalist and would not have tuck stitch , in which the ‘ wrong ’ purl ) side is used as the right side .
3 Eight individuals living and working together in the confines of a ninety feet steel hull for three months and still parting as friends at the end of the trip says a lot for compatibility of the cutter crews .
4 Er you read a lot about women in the hosiery industry not being as willing to join the unions , was that true ?
5 We talked yesterday about a lot about Europe about the importance of workers ' rights in Europe , but here we can expand upon this .
6 The fact that one of the most outstanding cricketers of all time was Colin Bland , it says a lot about cricket as an athletic and gripping sport .
7 The Drowners says quite a lot about Suede as a concept in that it showcases the way we work rhythms into a song , the aggressive bite of the guitar lines , the drawled vocals and the kind of things it talks about . ’
8 Now , just as you 'll hear about the hook , the brief , the repackaging , you will hear quite a lot about modes over the next couple of days .
9 It was very dark , and there were a lot of clouds in the sky .
10 The investigation was a lot of nonsense at the end . ’
11 ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said .
12 Twenty-fifth August — a lot of excitement around the farm .
13 There were sirens along the road below and a lot of excitement around the stationary train .
14 Siward said , ‘ I can see the Normans already in line , and a lot of foot behind the banners and awnings . ’
15 Here in America I perform a lot in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and I probably make more money today than I ever did when I was selling a lot of records as a teenage idol .
16 ‘ There 's been a lot of damage to the ground here .
17 A full survey by Southern Science has revealed that there is a lot of damage to the pond lining and a dangerously deep sediment in the centre which contained a few dead fish and some frog spawn , although there is very little oxygen left in the pond .
18 If we used tractors on here continually pulling out timber , it would cause a lot of damage to the ground structure and would reduce the number of flowers .
19 Well , we 've had an awful lot of damage to the church .
20 That 's going to do a lot of damage in a soup bowl the size of Wembley stadium , I do n't think .
21 Aristotle called the kings ‘ hereditary generals ’ and an incompetent or even average king could do a lot of damage in a short while — like Kleombrotos who lost the decisive battle of Leuktra in 371 but was not catastrophically inept .
22 Her flat had suffered a lot of damage in the autumn gales and some of her recent writing had been totally destroyed at the first-draft stage .
23 I think John McGregor and Billy Kirkwood deserve a lot of credit for the work they have done with them . ’
24 After all , there are a lot of divisions in the police — they do n't all wear uniforms and some do n't even shave .
25 In a larger building , like that in which I work , I would have to store a lot of instructions of the above kind in order to find my way about .
26 Its working past laid the foundations of a good beef breed and it was improved for that specific purpose during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , by selection rather than crossing ; it was said ( rather coldly ) to ‘ die well ’ , that is , to yield a lot of meat in the best cuts .
27 My mother 's been up there and she did n't come back for two hours and she came back we kept well he 'd sold a lot of meat in the meantime .
28 He seemed to be having great difficulty in keeping his eyes on the road , but after a corner entailed leaving rather a lot of tyre on the road he apologised then grinned at her .
29 It does n't er really sort of er er in a sense prevent er or mitigate against a lot of a lot of developments in the countryside .
30 He 's got all sorts of schemes a lot of schemes in the pipeline .
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